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31 “I have cut a covenant with my (A)eyes;
How then could I gaze at a virgin?
And what is (B)the portion of God from above
Or the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Is it not (C)disaster to the unjust
And misfortune to (D)those who work iniquity?
Does He not (E)see my ways
And (F)number all my steps?

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Job Asserts His Moral Innocence

31 “I made a covenant with my eyes;
    how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin?
What would I have[a] from God above,
    what heritage from the Almighty on high,
if not calamity that is due the unjust,
    and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity?
He watches my life,
    observing every one of my actions,[b] does he not?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:2 The Heb. lacks would one have
  2. Job 31:4 Lit. steps